Leeds narrowly missed out on the play-offs last season and Monk said he was unable to "agree a suitable way for us all to move forward together" after being installed as Middlesbrough's new manager on June 9 . He was the Bundesliga's top goalscorer while with Bochum in 2003. His side topped their Europa League group ahead of Olympiakos and reached the last 16 for the first time after beating Athletic Bilbao over two legs, eventually losing to Anderlecht.

David Miller played a lone hand for the Proteas against Pakistan . Bowling from around the wicket, he took the outside edge of JP Duminy's bat, with Babar holding a good diving slip catch - an example of Pakistan's much-improved fielding.

India take on Bangladesh in the second semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy on Thursday. There was a wide gap between the strength of the two teams, but now it is clearly reduced. Although India captain does not want to hold back memories, '24 months have passed. This is their best chance at glory and I hope a great match will be on show.

The Warriors have been critical of President Trump and his policies since his rise to power, with head coach Steve Kerr and star guard Stephen Curry leading the charge. But the Warriors held their nerve winning 129-120 in game five and laid the ghost of last season to rest. In the end, the Cavaliers simply did not have enough top-class talent to topple the Warriors, even with four-time league MVP James doing all he could to keep his team in it.

The remarkable result also made a mockery of pre-tournament talk and predictions as the eighth-ranked Pakistan pummeled title favourites England to reach the final at The Oval on Sunday. "We adapted to conditions, we knew if we restrict them we could easily chase it down", he added. England will regret their leaden-footed approach to batting, using the wicket on which Pakistan beat Sri Lanka on Monday.

Durant did indeed join a ready-made contender by teaming up with two-time reigning league MVP Stephen Curry on a team that won it all in 2015 and were runners-up previous year after a season in which they had a record 73 wins in 82 games.

In case if the match is washed out without even a ball being bowled, it will be a heartbreaking moment for the Bangladeshi fans as Men in Blue will advance into finals. Four years ago, India had won the final here at Edgbaston, defeating hosts England in a close finish. It is time for them to live up to their growing stature, and for once, play as the deserving semi-finalists in an ICC tournament.

Joseph has admitted he must repay Gatland's faith for insisting the England centre tour New Zealand . It's a step in the right direction. Biggar will be desperate to make his mark given how well Owen Farrell and Johnny Sexton performed against the Crusaders .

Rafael Nadal has won his record 10th French Open title, beating No. 3 Stan Wawrinka in straight sets. His collection of 15 Slams stands just three behind great rival Roger Federer . - The 32-year-old Wawrinka's unforced errors tally surged up to 20 during the first hour of play. Nadal continued to hold serve easily and then, getting his groundstrokes right and playing with plenty of depth, broke on Wawrinka's very next service game to take the lead 4-2.

However, Didier Deschamps' thrilling, young side turned things around before the break through Samuel Umtiti and Djibril Sidibe , then made light of the controversy and confusion that followed the first use of a video assistant referee in an England match.

The fight , which will take place at MGM Grand Garden Arena, will be available via pay-per-view and broadcast on Showtime. " IT'S OFFICIAL! " Mayweather wrote on his Twitter account alongside a short video that included photos of both fighters.

An interesting anecdote will reveal how cricket and nationalism has been inter-linked in Bangladesh's social life and even cricketers have been voluntarily a part of it. Just like any seasoned coach would do, he played the "underdog card" time and again. The mass hysteria associated with Bangladesh's semi-final qualification is something that Hathurusingha is well aware of and that's the reason his outsider's (not being a Bangladeshi) perspective can work as a calming influence for his ...

As good as the Asian nation were, England were woeful with the bat as they chucked their wickets away, with eight catches and two run outs seeing them fall to an unremarkable 211. I do not think anyone in the team thinks that match . The first two games may all have been about Tamim and Mushfiqur, but by the end of the group stages almost all of our players had clicked into gear.

Shooting well was a prerequisite coming into the series for the Cavs to compete, and despite Irving playing some incredible games to end the series, and JR Smith and others starting to make shots, the Cavs needed to get hot immediately to have a shot.

These pieces then fragmented upon hitting the base of the cliff, fanning out over an area more than 1,000 feet wide, Gediman said. The rock slide also entered the Merced River. Per the press release, there is no estimate as to when El Portal Road - which is an extension of Highway 140 - will reopen. About 150 feet of road is covered in 15 to 20 feet of debris; part of the road's paved surface and retaining wall is damaged.

Week one gives home field advantage to the defending champions as Burnley visit Stamford Bridge . That leaves just two options - either postpone the game and play it later in the season, leaving both clubs with a fortnight between their opening two Premier League matches, or to reverse the home and away matches.

He is batting.226 with 14 homers and 26 RBI. New York Yankees left-hander CC Sabathia was diagnosed with Grade 2 left hamstring strain Wednesday and could be out at least four weeks. Puig flashed the middle finger on both hands at fans sitting behind home plate at Progressive Field after hitting a home run in the second inning. BRAVES: Third baseman Adonis Garcia is expected to miss about two months after having surgery Monday to fix ligament damage in his left ring finger.

Billy Stead, from Invercargill, wrote the innovative, revolutionary "Complete Rugby Footballer" with the great Dave Gallaher in 1906 while Jimmy Duncan, from Dunedin, was the first All Blacks coach and is credited with inventing the term "five-eighth".

It emerged on Tuesday that Everton had reached an agreement with the north east club for goalkeeper Pickford. The 23-year-old, currently on global duty with England's U21 ahead of the U21 European Championship, has now undergone a medical in Poland.

I've never seen anybody block his layup, and he's 6'2. Because of the spin he's got on it, and he don't have to look it. "The backstory to this is, after Game 7 last year, I told one of my close friends to save this for a year from now", Curry said .

The biggest names seem unlikely to participate in the 3-on-3 due to the chance to play on Dream Team XLVII or whatever it is, but that doesn't mean the new tournament won't be a blast. I stay out of the 1-on-1 matchups during practice, the 2-on-2 and the 3-on-3s. There's still a long way to go before Tokyo 2020 and information is still coming in regarding how the team will be selected, but as of now, it's safe to cross LeBron off this list.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowling for India , Jasprit Bumrah shares the new ball with him from the other end. Despite losing Sachin Tendulkar to a silly run out early in the game, tons from Virender Sehwag and Virat Kohli helped India amass a massive total of 370.

He historically failed to give Mayweather the same level of credit, but he said that's changed. The fighters will weigh in at what boxing calls super welterweight, which is at 154 lbs. McGregor signed his part of the deal last month to take on Mayweather in the big match. "Showtime is going to put on shows leading up to the fight because they have Mayweather under contract".

In the other group, Bangladesh got better of Australia and New Zealand, and they entered the semi-finals. In the final, Pakistan will face the victor of the second semi final that will be played between India and Bangladesh , on Thursday.

Mayweather is risking his prized undefeated record but McGregor's taunts, a return to the limelight and a huge payout look to have proved too tempting. " Floyd Mayweather is 40 years old, and he's always had trouble with southpaws". Mayweather Promotions will handle the undercard, which likely means boxing matches and no other UFC fights or fighters will be featured.

A fellow fan replied directly to Salah and said: "Welcome you god #LFC". Although Salah's agent's Instagram activity is nothing to go by, it would seem as though an agreement will be made with Roma very soon and reason stands to suggest that Mohamed Salah will be a Liverpool player next season.

Pakistan turned the run chase into a formality. Pakistan certainly made far harder work than they ought to have done of getting to the knockout stage in a winner-takes-all clash given they held Sri Lanka to 236 all out, with pacemen Junaid Khan (three for 40) and Hasan Ali (three for 43) doing the bulk of the damage.

The club's new 61,000-seater ground is being built next to the site of their current home White Hart Lane, which is all-but demolished now. The weekend of December 9/10 sees Liverpool host Everton and City visit United in the first Manchester derby of the season.

But in the immediate aftermath of the Cavaliers' loss to the Warriors , LeBron-who became the first player in National Basketball Association history to average a triple-double during the Finals this year-didn't spend too much time talking about the future.

The Highlanders , on the other hand, knew that if they could match the Lions intensity then the tourists midweek side was ripe for an upset. Farrell is among the replacements , and Gatland says there is "every chance" he will play alongside Sexton at some point in the game.

India are going into the match with the same team that clinched an eight-wicket win over top-ranked South Africa in the last group stage game at the Kennington Oval. So obviously they are playing really good cricket. "They have cricketers who are skilled, who are committed to play for Bangladesh and play with a lot of passion ".

Stephen Curry had 34 points and Andre Iguodala had 20, his highest scoring game of the playoffs. LeBron James (41 points) and Kyrie Irving (26) combined to score 67, but the third member of the Big Three, Kevin Love, scored just six points on 2-of-8 shooting.

Igouadala, who was the 2015 finals MVP , had another award worthy game as he scored 20 points on the night, 12 crucial ones in the first quarter which included a series of thunderous dunks that Lebron didn't want any part of. LeBron James has sparked speculation over his future-particularly whether he will remain with the Cleveland Cavaliers-after the team lost the NBA Finals Monday night.

Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry holds daughter, Ryan, as Patrick McCaw celebrates after the Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-120 in Game 5 to win the 2017 NBA Finals at Oracle Arena in Oakland. LeBron James had a stellar Finals average of 41 points 13 rebounds and eight assists, and Kyrie Irving - the Cavs' All-Star playmaker and one of the architects of last year's championship - contributed 26 points and six assists.

With mixed signals coming from Washington, the UAE Ambassador to the US Yousef al-Otaiba called on the US to remove its base from Qatar , calling it an obstacle to the more decisive action. Iran has sent a ship with 180 tonnes of fruit and vegetable to Qatar as Doha was caught in the hardship of food supplies following a diplomatic row with its Arab neighbors, Press TV reported on Wednesday.

England took the lead through Kane in the ninth minute, but France were in front by the break following goals from Samuel Umtiti and Djibril Sidibe . "But the intensity and concentration levels, and the physicality, needed to stay with these teams I think in all three matches we have just faded in the end of those games".